A blog about running
that has metamorphosed
into one about life in general.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

A Visit To DD’s

What, you might ask, is DD’s? This one has nothing to do
with being developmentally disabled or the preferred term nowadays,
developmentally delayed. This is merely an outlet store.

A few weeks ago, a nurse I work
with mentioned that the pants she was wearing came from a store called DD’s
which I’ve never heard of before. She bought a couple of pairs for $6.00
dollars each. She mentioned that the store sold men’s clothes as well and told
me where the stores were located. The nearest one I found on the internet was
in the city of Carson. I found out on the web that DD’s was owned by Ross
Stores, only the clothes were cheaper than at Ross. On one of my days off, I
drove down to the store which was past the Carson Towne Center, Cal State
Dominguez Hills, and the Home Depot Center (where the L.A. Galaxy and Chivas
soccer teams are based). When I arrived at the store, I went directly to the
men’s department to look for pants. Not just any pants, but ones that would
match my scrubs because I don’t like wearing scrub pants due to the thin
material. I found a couple of pants but before I tried them on, I went to the
area where they sell nursing uniforms. Unfortunately all of them were for females.
Would you believe that the pants I tried on cost $5.99 and $6.99? They were
slightly big at the waist at size 30 (I’m a 29) but the length was just right
without further alterations, and the loose waist can be taken cared of with a
little belt tightening. Believe me, you can hardly find size 29’s now. Some
stores even start at 32 or what should be 32 without vanity sizing. Even though
the pants I got were supposed to be irregulars, I couldn’t seen anything
irregular about them. One of the workpants even had removable kneepads. These
pants make my skinny butt look even smaller though, but that can easily by
remedied with a well positioned wallet… or two, to balance things out.

So was DD’s worth the drive to
Carson? Yes indeed and it looks like a good place to buy cheap luggage too.
Maybe next time, because I only had 20 dollars in my wallet that day, but with
two pairs of pants, I even had change left!

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I started writing this blog to chronicle my devastating running injury in October of 2008. It has since turned into something I didn't expect: stories and anecdotes about everyday life. On 7/26/11, I retitled this blog from noeldlp.blogspot.com to aboutlifeandrunning.blogspot.com. I remain permanently injured with PTTD on both ankles but I keep on trying to run nonetheless. I'm not sure if it's passion or insanity. You be the judge.